Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Europe & Central Asia

Safely managed sanitation in Europe & Central Asia in 2024 — 80.2%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 3.4 pp.

2024 80.2% +0.6 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 80.2%2024
Period minimum 72.3%2002

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Europe & Central Asia, 2000–20247274767880822000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 76.8%2001: 76.4%2002: 72.3%2003: 72.4%2004: 72.7%2005: 73%2006: 73.3%2007: 73.6%2008: 73.9%2009: 74.3%2010: 74.6%2011: 75%2012: 75.4%2013: 75.7%2014: 76.1%2015: 76.5%2016: 76.9%2017: 77.4%2018: 77.8%2019: 78.3%2020: 78.6%2021: 78.9%2022: 79.3%2023: 79.6%2024: 80.2%
Change over the period: +3.4 pp Annual average: 0.14 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Europe & Central Asia

Europe & Central Asia 80.2%
World 58.5%
Safely managed sanitation — Europe & Central Asia, by year Europe & Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 80.2 +0.6 pp
2023 79.6 +0.3 pp
2022 79.3 +0.3 pp
2021 78.9 +0.3 pp
2020 78.6 +0.3 pp
2019 78.3 +0.4 pp
2018 77.8 +0.4 pp
2017 77.4 +0.4 pp
2016 76.9 +0.4 pp
2015 76.5 +0.4 pp
2014 76.1 +0.4 pp
2013 75.7 +0.4 pp
2012 75.4 +0.4 pp
2011 75 +0.4 pp
2010 74.6 +0.4 pp
2009 74.3 +0.3 pp
2008 73.9 +0.3 pp
2007 73.6 +0.3 pp
2006 73.3 +0.3 pp
2005 73 +0.3 pp
2004 72.7 +0.3 pp
2003 72.4 +0.2 pp
2002 72.3 −4.1 pp
2001 76.4 −0.4 pp
2000 76.8

About the indicator

The share of the population with safely managed sanitation — the top rung of the WHO and UNICEF ladder. Having a separate toilet is not enough: the waste must either be treated on the spot or removed and treated elsewhere. It is the second condition that makes the indicator far more demanding than basic sanitation: in many large cities almost everyone has a toilet, but there are no treatment facilities for the whole volume of wastewater, and by this measure a country turns out to be noticeably lower.

Important: It accounts not only for the presence of a toilet but also for the fate of the wastewater, so the values are substantially lower than those of basic sanitation.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.